The senators, two from each state, have six-year terms and were chosen by the state legislatures until 1913, when the Seventeenth Amendment, providing for their direct popular election, went into effect. Actually, many states, especially in the West, had already in effect adopted this reform ...
The United States of America is the world's third largest country in size and nearly the third largest in terms of population.
Impeachment is initiated by the House of Representatives; the case is tried by the Senate, with conviction requiring a two-thirds vote of the senators present. An official who is found guilty is removed from office and may subsequently be tried before an ordinary court like any other citizen....
every member of the house, some themselves targets of sharp investigative reporting or frequent critics of the news media, has supported swift passage of the press bill. there are three republican sponsors of the bill in the senate, but it is opposed by a small clutch of conservative senators...
Montana(28) Nebraska(10) Nevada(52) New Hampshire(21) New Jersey(116) New Mexico(43) New York(384) North Carolina(52) North Dakota(7) Ohio(188) Oklahoma(67) Oregon(41) Pennsylvania(70) Rhode Island(22) South Carolina(26) South Dakota(48) Tennessee(17) Texas(77) Utah(6) Vermont(23...
state: The two-letter, uppercase USPS abbreviation for the state that the legislator is serving from. See below. how: How the term came to be. This field is generally not present and is currently only set haphazardly in recent data. The field is set to "appointment" for senators appointed...
at 8; United States v. Tex-La Electric Cooperative, Inc., 524 F. Supp. 409, 412 (E.D. La. 1981) (the opinion below); Montana Power Co. v. Edwards, 531 F. Supp. 8, 10 (D. Or. 1981) (Panner, J.); Pacific Power & Light Co. v. Duncan, 499 F. Supp. 672, 677-78 (...
Well, honey, Interstate 95 is like the backbone of the East Coast, running through 15 states from Florida to Maine. You've got your sunshine state of Florida, all the way up to the lobster-loving state of Maine, hitting up places like Georgia, the Carolinas, Virginia, and more along th...
Elections to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate are held every two years; all Representatives serve two-year terms and are up for election every two years, while Senators serve six-year terms, staggered so that one-third of Senators are elected in any ...
The Senatorsand Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several StateLegislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the UnitedStates and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation,to support this Constitution;but no religious Test shall ever be ...